The Recorder is featuring weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the ...

Conceived as a broad public service, the postal service was key to US independence, Western expansion and ensuring an ...

A wealthy merchant with a penchant for luxury, the Founder with a famous signature contributed more to the revolution than ...

America has been, for most of its 250-year history, a beacon to the rest of the world. It has been a light of freedom and ...

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by delegates of the 13 colonies. Much of the Declaration is a list of complaints against the King of ...

Before America had the Declaration of Independence, much less the Constitution, the nation had the Postal Service. Before Benjamin Franklin wooed France into the alliance that won our freedom, he ...

1. Draft Your Financial Declaration (aka Make a Plan) Thomas Jefferson didn't just wing it when he penned the Declaration of Independence -- and neither should you when it comes to your money.

Poplar Forest took families 249 years back into the past to celebrate America's independence this July 4.

First lady Melania Trump appeared to mimic her husband's iconic 'Trump dance' on the White House balcony on Friday evening ...

The Declaration is not only a reasoned account for a free people, it is also a source for their honor and glory in death and war. T here is endless talk of “identity” in contemporary America.

An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire Department. A firefighter also suffered smoke inhalation.